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What are the contributing factors to Vitamin Deficiency?

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  • Inadequate Intake
  • Poor dentition, hard swallowing, dry mouth
  • Loss of taste, smell or sight
  • Inability to buy/prepare
  • Anorexia
  • Lack of Knowledge
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What are the goals of vitamin supplementation?

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  • Prevent Deficiencies
  • Replenish stores
  • Maintain nutritional status
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Deficiency states require?

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Medical supervision

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Pharmalocigal therapy for deficiency?

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  • Once daily MVM
  • No more than 100% DRI (50-150%) (Dietary Reference Intake)
  • Dont exceed UL (Upper Intake Level)
  • Great or equal to 4
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The body cant tell the difference between synthetic and _____ vitamin

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natural

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What are the Fat Soluble Vitamins?

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  • A
  • D
  • E
  • K
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Water soluble Vitamins?

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  • B1-12
  • Vitamin C
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Under supervision you can have up to ____ grams of niacin (B3) per day for cholesterol

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8 grams

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What are some causes of Riboflavin (B2) Deficiency?

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  • Poor intake
  • Alcoholism
  • Preggy
  • B-complex Deficiency
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How would you know if someone at Vit C deficiency?

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  • Tired
  • Capillary hemorrhage
  • Swollen gums
  • Bone change
  • Bad wound healing
  • Scurvy
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DRI-

EARs

RDAs

AIs

ULs

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  • Dietary Reference Intake
  • Estimated Average requirement
  • Maintenence
  • Adequate intake
  • Upper intake level
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How would you know if someone had a vitamin K deficiency?

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unusual bleeding

Prolonged PT

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Beriberi is a syndrome caused by ____ deficiency

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  • thiamin (B1)
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Chromium is for?

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Insulin but no evidence

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Cobalt?

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Vitamin B12

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Copper?

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Wilsons Disease

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Fluoride?

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Someone drinking well water

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Iodine?

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Related to thyroid hormones

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Zinc?

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No evidence but for colds

20
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Iron Side Effects?

Counseling Points?

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Black Stool

Empty Stomach, betetr absorption, can take with food if having issues though, keep out of reach of children b/c toxic

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Vitamin A deficiency causes?

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Celiac, Crohns, infections, poor fat absorption

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Function of Vitamin A

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Growth, reproduction, normal bone development, organe function, glycoprotein synthesis

Conjuctivia, Retina, Cornea

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How does vitamin A deficiency present itself?

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  • Night Blindness
  • dry eye
  • follicular hyperleratosis
  • loss of appetite
  • impaired taste
  • Smell equilibrium
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Vit A toxicity risk factors?

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Chronic kidney/liver disease

low body weight

protein

malnutrition

alcohol

Vit C Deficiency

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Symptoms of Vit A toxicity
Headaches, double vision (diplopia), Nausea/vom, Vertigo, fatigue, drowsiness
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Vitamin Ds Calcitrol does what? When I think of vitamin D i think of?
D3-Cholecalciferol D2-Ergocalciferol Maintains calcium in the body
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Function of Vitamin D?
Bone formation, mineral homeostasis Hearth health, diabetes, allergies, asthma
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How to Vit D deficiency present itself?
Ca abnormalities Rickets, osteomalacia, muscle weakness
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Vit D UL
4000
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Vit D toxicity symptoms
Anrexia, hypercalcemia, tissue calcification, kidney stones
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Vitamin E
Tocepherols, tocotrienols
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Function of Vitamin E
Antioxidants-protects cell from membranes
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Vit E deficiency populations
Low birth wt premature infants, poor fat absorption
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Vitamin E deficiency presentation
Neurologic abnormalities, peripheral neuropathy, intermittent claudication, muscle weakness, hemolytic anemia
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Vitamin E toxicity Symptoms
CHF, Stroke, Fetal loss
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Vit K function
Clotting factor synthesis and activation, osetocalcin activation
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Vit K deficiency causes?
poor absorption
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Vit K deficiency presentation
Unusual Bleeding, prolonged PT
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Vit K rish food
liver, Vegatable Oil, Leafy Grean vegatables
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Vit K DRI? there is no? and it doesnt have? increases risk of ____ in ____ patients
90-120 No UL or toxicity symptoms increases stroke risk in warfarin patients
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How is Vitamin C deficiency caused? What is the function of vitamin C?
Diet causes deficiency It is an antioxitant, amino acid metabolizer, and an iron absorber
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Vitamin C toxicity symptoms
Nausea, cramps, diarrhea, kidney stones, hemolysis, rebound scurvy
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The Red Naked Pan Python Fights Coxs
Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Panthothenic Acid, Pyroxidine, Folic Acid, Cobolamine
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Function of Vitamin B1
Fromation of acetyl0Coa and other biochemical conversions, myocardial and nerve cel function

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